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this is obama, this is president obama and they're really disappointed. is >>> in 2008, i voted for barack obama. >>> he was new. he had new ideas. >>> i think that now we've given obama a fair chance. and i don't think he's able to do what we need him to do. >>> the president is doing a mediocre job, and the economy in my opinion is still the same as it was four years ago. >>> what's effective about that is that what governor romney has to do is persuade people who voted for president obama that they shouldn't vote for him again. if the attack is strong on his competence or strong on some facet of his leadership, the danger is people hunker down and defend their original vote. this situates the voter where the voter is right now, it says, "we license you to reject the incumbent." it's an ad that says, "let's make this a referendum. >> what about the pro-obama ad? what's the most effective ad they've run that is believable? >> i think the most effective ad that they have is on the air right now. it's capturing a small segment of the statement that governo
this is obama, this is president obama and they're really disappointed. is >>> in 2008, i voted for barack obama. >>> he was new. he had new ideas. >>> i think that now we've given obama a fair chance. and i don't think he's able to do what we need him to do. >>> the president is doing a mediocre job, and the economy in my opinion is still the same as it was four years ago. >>> what's effective about that is that what governor romney has to do is...
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but will they go to the polls for barak obama? then, republicans who support marriage equality. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to the contrary. a discussion of news and social friends from by verse ber speculatives. up first, the important choice ahead for women voters. [♪] barack obama and the democrats believe women will be the deciding factor in the presidential election. so they are working hard to drive them to the polls. >> and if you share that faith with me, if you share that hope with me, i ask you tonight for your vote. >> at their convention, democrats put women front, center and really everywhere. there were tributes to women senators and women house members. one woman after another took to the stage to make the case for reelecting president obama. >> we are far better off with barack obama than we were with george w. bush. that is why the republicans said gotcha. are you better off? absolutely. >> when you look at our convention, you see america represented. you see the diversity. you see the role of women all of
but will they go to the polls for barak obama? then, republicans who support marriage equality. >> hello i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to the contrary. a discussion of news and social friends from by verse ber speculatives. up first, the important choice ahead for women voters. [♪] barack obama and the democrats believe women will be the deciding factor in the presidential election. so they are working hard to drive them to the polls. >> and if you share that faith with me, if you...
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at one me to do obama? -- want me to do obama? he gets the most widely respected and almost neutral economic orbiter, the highest approval rating, 69% who is taken and associated with this period of peace. he can talk owls down from the trees. the best spokesman in the history of the world. and to make his case for working-class and middle-class voters. they found it hard reach as a candidate in 2008 and as president. he gets a huge boost toward his reelection. he gets a big boost in what will be a very tight race. tavis: what does it say about our politics that the first african american president, even after one term, still leave the white guy to get him elected to a second term? >> i think bill clinton will set the default is barack obama's. you hear all these things about president clinton, about how he doesn't take care of his daughters and dozen jews enough on capitol hill. he thinks that president obama has failed to go out and sell the policies of the country. to make a clear and convincing educational argument for the obv
at one me to do obama? -- want me to do obama? he gets the most widely respected and almost neutral economic orbiter, the highest approval rating, 69% who is taken and associated with this period of peace. he can talk owls down from the trees. the best spokesman in the history of the world. and to make his case for working-class and middle-class voters. they found it hard reach as a candidate in 2008 and as president. he gets a huge boost toward his reelection. he gets a big boost in what will...
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and to me it's president bra rack obama. nobody else can move us forward^. >> i would tell them to take a look at exactly where we are in this country today. what's the environment. economically we are extraordinarily troubled times. we have a president that cannot balance the budget, doesn't send a budget that gets any votes up to the hill. so that's what i would say that women who are undecided need to look at, how do we turn that around? the answer is to those concerns is to take a look at what mitt romney promises to do. >> why did the gender gap finally re-emerge in the president's favor so definitively in the last few days of campaigning. >> candidly, bonnie, i think it, quote, disappeared. because the president failed to mention women in that first debate. he has since made up for that and it shows in the gender gap. >> bonnie, look, fewer women have jobs today than they did under barack obama. more woman are in poverty, on food stamps, more children face larger debt than ever faced in the history of this country. rea
and to me it's president bra rack obama. nobody else can move us forward^. >> i would tell them to take a look at exactly where we are in this country today. what's the environment. economically we are extraordinarily troubled times. we have a president that cannot balance the budget, doesn't send a budget that gets any votes up to the hill. so that's what i would say that women who are undecided need to look at, how do we turn that around? the answer is to those concerns is to take a...
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obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy, that oester be -- both of these conventions in the last two eggs have focused on the issue of joblessness in this country, how to put americans back to work, but i wondered, to what extent you think it is possible, that some catastrophe on the international stage might end up over these next few weeks between labor day and election day, how they might end up impacting the outcome of this race. everybody is on edge. talking about living in an interdependent world, is it foreseeable that something on the internati
obama has his. more subsidies and regulation, tax breaks for the middle class, more taxes for the rich, but both of them act as if you can act autonomously in the world, as if this can be done in the absence of an interdependent fiscal policy, and this is a blunt reality. it is not an ideology. it does not serve the democrats or the republicans. the economy is interdependent, and we need policies like that. we do not have them. tavis: it is understandable, given the condition of our economy,...
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at the obama hq in chicago, in the new york times square, and in front of the house that the obama's will continue to call home. >> this is great for america. >> for more years. >> i am for a better future. >> with all the euphoria of 2008, there is explicit relief. this weary nation has been given the benefit of the doubt, barack obama has another four years. >> for the challenger, his moment has passed. mitt romney fell short in swing states. >> i wish i had been able to fill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation shows another leader. i join with you to earnestly pray for him and this great nation. thank you, god bless america. you guys are the best. thank you so much. thank you. thanks, guys. >> so, what decided it? the exit polls tell us that the economy was the dominant count -- dominant concern, but almost half the voters felt that things were getting better. history may also conclude that the president benefited from his handling of hurricane sandy. to take america forward, barack obama will have to work with a divided congress, but in victory
at the obama hq in chicago, in the new york times square, and in front of the house that the obama's will continue to call home. >> this is great for america. >> for more years. >> i am for a better future. >> with all the euphoria of 2008, there is explicit relief. this weary nation has been given the benefit of the doubt, barack obama has another four years. >> for the challenger, his moment has passed. mitt romney fell short in swing states. >> i wish i...
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obama did not do his best. we will see what happens in the next couple of debate, but he did not do his best by any standard of a definition. i was falling would ever be as saying on twitter. chris rock doing so bad that he was waiting before the debate was over for obama to bend down and pull up osama bin laden's skull. that was his trump card, if you will. i raise that because you mentioned osama bin laden. there was a time in this country's past when, if the sitting president had held up osama bin laden's skull, he probably could have gone away with anything. does president obama at this point get any credit for killing enemy number one? >> i would say that he gets responsibility and accountability. the joke was funny, but the reality is that what amounted what was a cold-blooded assassination when there was no resistance from the principal target, when there was no effort to fight back, according to the soldiers carrying out the mission, to assassinate him on the spot, dispose of the body at sea is not some
obama did not do his best. we will see what happens in the next couple of debate, but he did not do his best by any standard of a definition. i was falling would ever be as saying on twitter. chris rock doing so bad that he was waiting before the debate was over for obama to bend down and pull up osama bin laden's skull. that was his trump card, if you will. i raise that because you mentioned osama bin laden. there was a time in this country's past when, if the sitting president had held up...
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tavis: what would you ask president obama? >> mr. president, in the second term, what are you going to do to get the american people on your side even more so we can break this deadlock? how are you going to face these interest groups that have been blocking so much so that we can finally get to the kinds of long-term investments that we know you want, but have not occurred yet? addressing our energy crisis, addressing the environmental crisis, addressing the skills and jobs crisis. how are going to pay for that? how're you going to get it done? tavis: do you think senator obama when he became president and try to hold on to the pledge to reform washington, how naive was he in thinking he could overturn a system that is more and more controlled by lobbyists? >> well, i wonder. you know, he had the right message. it galvanized the country. he had of course tremendous popularity at the beginning but he brought a lot of these interest groups right back into government as he came in in 2009. too much wall street, too much of the private
tavis: what would you ask president obama? >> mr. president, in the second term, what are you going to do to get the american people on your side even more so we can break this deadlock? how are you going to face these interest groups that have been blocking so much so that we can finally get to the kinds of long-term investments that we know you want, but have not occurred yet? addressing our energy crisis, addressing the environmental crisis, addressing the skills and jobs crisis. how...
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, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to one. we documented the effect of that difference in the presence of controlling everything else that might have affected voters. and we showed a difference in vote choice based on the amount of money -- differential in the amount of money spent by the two campaigns. and the biggest problem occurs when there's a differential in spending and a high level of deception tied to a high level attack because now you have the worst possible consequences. the whole electoral environment becomes more attack driven with deceptive
, pro-obama spots. what do you make of that? >> well, first, third-party advertising, that's non-candidate advertising, has historically been more attack driven and more deceptive. and that's true this year as well. secondly, when there are imbalances in money tied to messages, the side with the higher dollar amount of messaging has the advantage. we showed this in 2008, interestingly, when the advantage was with the obama campaign, which in some media markets outspent john mccain four to...
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i wish obama had learned that lesson. some of the high-profile people told the progressive activists to basically slowdown -- slow down. it took about one year into the obama administration before they did it up again. that is when the health-care debate got a second wind, and i think that is one of the lessons of this book. everyone to martin luther king to the current situation, you need people on the outside to keep people on the inside honest. tavis: i am glad you mentioned dr. king, one of the greatest americans of the 20th century. let me link king to obama, since you mentioned both of their names. president obama, on the fund- raising trail, he has said any number of times -- he has retold that story many times. i have got a whole bunch of romney questions, as well. so the president tells this story time and time again. i am not the only one. there are a lot of folks in the media who have written about this. he does not like progressives whining about this. rahm emanuel, so dismissive of the left, dismissive of pro
i wish obama had learned that lesson. some of the high-profile people told the progressive activists to basically slowdown -- slow down. it took about one year into the obama administration before they did it up again. that is when the health-care debate got a second wind, and i think that is one of the lessons of this book. everyone to martin luther king to the current situation, you need people on the outside to keep people on the inside honest. tavis: i am glad you mentioned dr. king, one of...
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in hope and change was obama. in 2012, rime has talked about -- romney has talked about his five points for the economic plan, cut taxes and create more jobs so that there's more taxpayers able to create the revenue -- >> how do those more jobs get created? >> it's repeal obama care which is going to cost trillions of dollars in new regulations and all kinds of problems. and there's instability among small business owners. >> how about that? >> wait. wait. wait. wait. >> i have a question. [laughter] >> why is it, for example, that mitt romney says -- and i heard you say this on your show, but months ago, not against access for women to contraceptives? >> that's right? >> on the other hand -- no, that's true with the caveat that's for women that can afford to pay for it by themselves. why doesn't he just say that, you know, we are not going to pay, we are for access for women that can pay for it for themselves and women who cannot afford it, too bad. >> it's not that. there's plenty of access for women that cannot
in hope and change was obama. in 2012, rime has talked about -- romney has talked about his five points for the economic plan, cut taxes and create more jobs so that there's more taxpayers able to create the revenue -- >> how do those more jobs get created? >> it's repeal obama care which is going to cost trillions of dollars in new regulations and all kinds of problems. and there's instability among small business owners. >> how about that? >> wait. wait. wait. wait....
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obama to be the next president of the united states. and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. >> clinton praised obama for his efforts to revive the economy. he said the president stopped the nation's slide and put the u.s. on the road to recovery. clinton said republicans are asking to fire obama though they left the country in a mess the administration is cleaning up. clinton said people who envision the country for shared prosperity and shared responsibility should vote for obama. delegates at the convention are set to nominate obama as the democratic candidate for a second term. >>> obama has been fighting opposition from within his own party, some democrats blame him for the flagging economy and for the problems plaguing his health care reforms. so, he is working to broaden his base and turning attention to liberals. >> reporter: barack obama the first president to announce support for same-sex marriage. it looked like a smart, compassionate move it forced the republicans to take a less tolerant
obama to be the next president of the united states. and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. >> clinton praised obama for his efforts to revive the economy. he said the president stopped the nation's slide and put the u.s. on the road to recovery. clinton said republicans are asking to fire obama though they left the country in a mess the administration is cleaning up. clinton said people who envision the country for shared prosperity and shared...
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other polls show president obama with a slight lead. is really tough to read, and the notion has been thrown up in the air because of the storm. >> i think a split in the alleged tora college is as likely as me winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternatives. -- a split in the electoral college is as likely as winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternative. and what happens at that point? >> i think it is possible. if you look at the polls in these states, president is strong in a handful of states. it is not going to be much more than 280 or 285, and given the fact that his numbers are going to come down from where they were in 2008, he is probably not going to do as well as he did with the circumstances he had, and if you add governor romney and a lot of red states, there is a possibility of one candidate, probably rendezvous' anymore popular votes and greeted romney winning popular votes and obama winning electoral votes. democrats are going to immediately say we have been here before. al gore got mo
other polls show president obama with a slight lead. is really tough to read, and the notion has been thrown up in the air because of the storm. >> i think a split in the alleged tora college is as likely as me winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternatives. -- a split in the electoral college is as likely as winning the lotto, so i do not think that is a real alternative. and what happens at that point? >> i think it is possible. if you look at the polls in these...
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obama. unless something dramatic is done on the republican side, unless they show criticism -- charisma, pretty much everything is going to go on the democratic side ta. tavis: did you say romney is going to lose? >> unless he pulls it together. tavis: on the long run, don't you feel like you are part of a losing party? what you said make so much sense. if they do not get it, they are done. who is going to be in your party with you? you and evangelicals? >> i think we are going to have to broaden the base with more non-whites. i think we are on the wrong side of history unless we can make changes in the party. >> it is about principle and where you stand on the issues that matter to the voters. >> it is partly that. tavis: it is the majority. it is not about charisma. the reason you do not have a broader basis because the issues are not in line with their interests. that is not charisma. 5 i am not sure that is true. i think there is a lot of data that the likability of candidate is the key
obama. unless something dramatic is done on the republican side, unless they show criticism -- charisma, pretty much everything is going to go on the democratic side ta. tavis: did you say romney is going to lose? >> unless he pulls it together. tavis: on the long run, don't you feel like you are part of a losing party? what you said make so much sense. if they do not get it, they are done. who is going to be in your party with you? you and evangelicals? >> i think we are going to...
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his name is barack obama. he's in the same mold," says william saletan, "as dwight eisenhower, richard nixon and gerald ford and he stands where the gop used to stand and will be standing once again." now, if you can see the tensions there that people are reading into and out of obama. >> i have a quite different perspective from william saletan. i think that actually president obama in passing his health law really took a big gamble. because he really wanted to complete the project that he saw as having been started, some could say 100 years ago, some could say with lbj with medicare and medicaid, it was very important to him. and so even when it was very clear that he was suffering some political consequences he thought, "it is crucial that we complete the welfare state in this way --" >> i agree with that. >> "and continue to build and enhance it." and i also think that frankly the model of the affordable care act is not in my view very sustainable and i think that over time you're likely to see progressive
his name is barack obama. he's in the same mold," says william saletan, "as dwight eisenhower, richard nixon and gerald ford and he stands where the gop used to stand and will be standing once again." now, if you can see the tensions there that people are reading into and out of obama. >> i have a quite different perspective from william saletan. i think that actually president obama in passing his health law really took a big gamble. because he really wanted to complete...
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there was a -- >> on obama's mother. >> on obama's mother, which is very good. and those i've read. >> yeah. >> but then once i started my book i put them aside. i wanted ting into a book with no presupposition. so i read them and saw where they ould -- you know, looked for places they could take me in terms of research. but no other purpose. and actually, two of those books came out while i was doing my -- you know, they weren't really of any use in that sense either. i was already -- >> you're so far down the path at that point. did you get any feedback from the big guy on this book? >> that's clinton. clinton is the big guy. >> i'm ssrry. i thought he was the big dog. i thought -- i've got to get this exactly right. >> i wouldn't want direct feedback, but i know -- i mean, he knows that it's the real deal and he's told people to read it. >> so you're a washington post reporter for so many years. how does the association with the post when you're writing a book like this help or hurt or is it neutral? >> well, i have a racket going. i mean, i'm called an assoc
there was a -- >> on obama's mother. >> on obama's mother, which is very good. and those i've read. >> yeah. >> but then once i started my book i put them aside. i wanted ting into a book with no presupposition. so i read them and saw where they ould -- you know, looked for places they could take me in terms of research. but no other purpose. and actually, two of those books came out while i was doing my -- you know, they weren't really of any use in that sense either. i...
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president obama and the democrats soon have their week in the spotlight. among other things it's their chance to respond to this week's charges by republican presidential candidate mitt romney and gop convention speakers. one prominent goal at the gop convention was to narrow the looming gender gap. >> when my mom ran for the senate my dad was there for her every step of the way. i can still see her say in her beautiful voice "why should women have any less say than men about the great decisions facing our nation?" [ cheers and applause ] >> toward that end an array of female gop luminaries took turns promoting the romney/ryan ticket as good for women, especially mothers. they want to change the campaign focus from women's right back to the economy and push back against the so-called republican war on women. >> it's a myth. it's a political campaign that the democrats have calculated. first time since ronald reagan that the republicans won the women's vote as we're moving forward we're seeing where others really are a battle over women heading in to 2012.
president obama and the democrats soon have their week in the spotlight. among other things it's their chance to respond to this week's charges by republican presidential candidate mitt romney and gop convention speakers. one prominent goal at the gop convention was to narrow the looming gender gap. >> when my mom ran for the senate my dad was there for her every step of the way. i can still see her say in her beautiful voice "why should women have any less say than men about the...
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wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling dervish. i read this comment online at "the washington post," a reader who said that, "romney has thrown limbaugh, rick perry, allen west and all the other tea party people under a freight train by essentially saying he would govern as president obama governs." that's what he, in effect, he said this past last debate. what about that? >> why would anyone believe that? yes, he said that and yes he did it to convey the impression that the old mitt romney from the primaries was just something he had to do to appease his tea party base. why
wade than would barack obama. i think that it is clear, however, that he would not do anything to outlaw abortion in cases of rape, incest or life of the mother being endangered. i think we know that from the exchanges to date. and so you can say he's had more positions across time, and his position -- you can mark different points in the calendar across his life. >> i do think that the public, by and large, perceives the fact that he has made more 180 degree turns than a whirling...
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then the other debate is which way would republicans or president obama be better off? would it be a stinging defeat for obama and therefore hurt him or would it take this issue off the table or even allow him to go on the offensive and say well we do need a national healthcare plan again so it is going to be an extraordinary day when the court rules on that. >> are religious groups involved in that, have they got appeals going for them? >> quite a few, especially from the conservative side. one of the first, original challenges to this healthcare law came out of liberty university, founded by jerry falwell. but there's a lot of conservatives who, not only for their conservative political ideology, but their religious ideology, don't like the idea of the government telling them you have to have insurance. and, that's really what the fight is over is the mandate to purchase individual health insurance or pay a fine. so there's a lot of conservative groups who are against it. but there's also a lot of progressive groups who are very much in favor of this, in fact don't th
then the other debate is which way would republicans or president obama be better off? would it be a stinging defeat for obama and therefore hurt him or would it take this issue off the table or even allow him to go on the offensive and say well we do need a national healthcare plan again so it is going to be an extraordinary day when the court rules on that. >> are religious groups involved in that, have they got appeals going for them? >> quite a few, especially from the...
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obama. watchers of this program every night know that i'm not defending president obama. you cannot make any connection end to wall street. to the rich and the lucky and the greedy. obamacare just started and has not kicked in yet. how do you make the argument that it is obamacare and not the greedy wall street banksters. republicans and democrats bail them out. you want to blame obama for this? >> i cannot explain the rationality or the lack of it in the political system. the tea party has not been an anti-wall street movement. they are not calling for tougher regulation. they are not calling for ending too big to fail. it is all cut the budget, cut spending, cut the programs that serve what they see as the undeserving poor. i agree with you that wall street ripped off the country to an extraordinary degree. it has not translated into the political system. i wish i had a good answer for that. tavis: keep on trying. you have not gotten there yet. >> you are absolutely right to raise the question. one of the amazing things, it is not just in this country, conservative part
obama. watchers of this program every night know that i'm not defending president obama. you cannot make any connection end to wall street. to the rich and the lucky and the greedy. obamacare just started and has not kicked in yet. how do you make the argument that it is obamacare and not the greedy wall street banksters. republicans and democrats bail them out. you want to blame obama for this? >> i cannot explain the rationality or the lack of it in the political system. the tea party...
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barack obama, the politician, has to go after the opposition. more fair america,re where the rich carry what he called a fair share of the burden. bluntly, more taxes. "class warfare" shouted his opponents. let's go to washington and our correspondent, adam brooks. which president did we see more of last night? >> that's what everybody was asking. it was a bit of both president obama president has to defend -- it was a bit of both. president obama has to defend his three years in office and he has to campaign for reelection. much of it was aimed at the man whom the white house considers to be the most likely challenger, the former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, a very wealthy former businessmen. without ever hearing the name "mitt romney" much, you could tell much of the speech was directed towards him. he said the rich should be paying more taxes than they are, which was directed at mr. romney, who we discover yesterday earn more than $20 million, but paid only 40% in taxes, which is a pretty sweet deal. >> from over a year, it's all b
barack obama, the politician, has to go after the opposition. more fair america,re where the rich carry what he called a fair share of the burden. bluntly, more taxes. "class warfare" shouted his opponents. let's go to washington and our correspondent, adam brooks. which president did we see more of last night? >> that's what everybody was asking. it was a bit of both president obama president has to defend -- it was a bit of both. president obama has to defend his three years...
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the obama administration has tried to find a compromise. so far they hadn't found one that made people happy but there are a couple of deadlines this year and so they're gonna have to revisit this issue and so that's something that is going to be argued out. >> right. >> go ahead, kevin. >> i was going to say, the courts are really the place to watch this because i think, as kim said, there's more than 30 lawsuits that have been filed about this and the very early ones that have come back, the courts seem to be fairly skeptical about the administration's ability to force a catholic institution, for example, to provide contraception. >> the bishops fought hard on this one. how does that leave their relationship with the white house? >> well, that's exactly where i was going to go, because i think that in the wake of the election there were, i mean, first of all, the catholic church has been divided in its attitude toward president obama. the catholic vote split almost down the middle, very slight lead for obama largely because of his overwhe
the obama administration has tried to find a compromise. so far they hadn't found one that made people happy but there are a couple of deadlines this year and so they're gonna have to revisit this issue and so that's something that is going to be argued out. >> right. >> go ahead, kevin. >> i was going to say, the courts are really the place to watch this because i think, as kim said, there's more than 30 lawsuits that have been filed about this and the very early ones that...
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tell us how obama won a second term? >> for a start, he is the incumbent president that puts him in a position of power. all through u.s. history incumbents have usually had the advanta advantage. obama campaigned on his achievements. health care reform, ended the war in iraq, decided to pull back in afghanistan and killed osama bin laden. he took the lead in managing the disaster. that was a winning move. obama also found support among the middle class, the biggest group of american voters. he said he would end tax cuts for the wealthy and give everyone access to health care. >> i guess the big question is what will the president's next four years look like? >> along with his main domestic challenge, the economy, he'll also have to face challenges abroad. iran and north korea are two nations his administration will need to address. he'll continue to pressure them to stop their nuclear development. but at the same time president barack obama will have to be very careful to avoid military conflicts. he knows very well tha
tell us how obama won a second term? >> for a start, he is the incumbent president that puts him in a position of power. all through u.s. history incumbents have usually had the advanta advantage. obama campaigned on his achievements. health care reform, ended the war in iraq, decided to pull back in afghanistan and killed osama bin laden. he took the lead in managing the disaster. that was a winning move. obama also found support among the middle class, the biggest group of american...
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obama has to set a second agenda. aboutodman's recent book attacks is called "the silence and jordy." -- "the silenced majority." >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: for more tonight on the election of 2012 and what it means beyond the results, i am pleased to be joined by amy goodman. she is the host of "democracy now!" and her new book is called "the silent majority." she joins us from new york. good to have you back on this program. >> it is great to be with you, tavis. tavis: there so as to talk about. your thoughts on what happened this week, giuliani presidential race and whether you were surprised by
obama has to set a second agenda. aboutodman's recent book attacks is called "the silence and jordy." -- "the silenced majority." >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminate hunger, and we have a lot of work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work...
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doctrine, in the obama policy. and it is full of surprises. you have a president who as you said talked about engagement but was taken aside by president bush just days before the inauguration in 2009 and was told there are two programs you're going to find are absolutely critical. one of them is drones, the other is a secret cyber program called olympic games. and not only did president obama embrace those, he doubled down on them, he tripled down on them in some cases. so one question was how do you get to those surprises. the other question was, can the obama light footprint strategy which is to say that the united states will no longer go in and do an afghan or iraq-like conflict. won't spend a trillion dollars and send in 100,000 troops, won't occupy a country in resentments. can that work for anything more than just taking out a small group of terrorists or a nuclear centrifuge some place. can it actually be in to reformulate american power. and that question is still unsettled. >> rose: what will decide it.
doctrine, in the obama policy. and it is full of surprises. you have a president who as you said talked about engagement but was taken aside by president bush just days before the inauguration in 2009 and was told there are two programs you're going to find are absolutely critical. one of them is drones, the other is a secret cyber program called olympic games. and not only did president obama embrace those, he doubled down on them, he tripled down on them in some cases. so one question was how...
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romney, but you also suggested might rally and excite the obama gate -- obama base. you are in san francisco, said you know progressive issues quite well. it is easy on the surface because it protected what did get through, but this law is so far apart from what the president campaigned on, what he said he was going to do. it is nowhere near single payer. it is nowhere near universal coverage, so i am wondering where they might be emboldened to push the president to go further, quite frankly to get back to doing what he said he was going to do or whether the excitement or enthusiasm in the victory of what did get through -- >> i do not think he is going to get off of the crook. i think you're going to see this as been a divisive question among progressives. we want to have a more progressive president, barack obama, we have to give them a more progressive congress, but i also think, and i have said all along that people on the left knee to continue to push this present -- people on the left need to continue to push this president to make good on the promises. on the
romney, but you also suggested might rally and excite the obama gate -- obama base. you are in san francisco, said you know progressive issues quite well. it is easy on the surface because it protected what did get through, but this law is so far apart from what the president campaigned on, what he said he was going to do. it is nowhere near single payer. it is nowhere near universal coverage, so i am wondering where they might be emboldened to push the president to go further, quite frankly to...
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the bishops accuse the obama administration of violating religious liberty. it's unclear how much those efforts have changed any opinions among voters. polls show catholics remain deeply divided, and that could be especially important in battleground states such as ohio, pennsylvania and florida. while much of the focus has been on the economy, green says here at the end of the campaign, other social issues may play an important role. >> there's some strong incentives for the parties to reach out for secondary issues. issues like women's rights, religious liberty, the environment, foreign policy. because if voters are evenly divided on their most salient issue, the economy, they're going to make their decision perhaps on some of these secondary issues. issues that they don't regard as the most important, but they might not be able to choose between governor romney and president obama on something like unemployment, so some of these other issues may matter. >> both candidates have attempted to apply moral and religious language to their economic policies. >> i
the bishops accuse the obama administration of violating religious liberty. it's unclear how much those efforts have changed any opinions among voters. polls show catholics remain deeply divided, and that could be especially important in battleground states such as ohio, pennsylvania and florida. while much of the focus has been on the economy, green says here at the end of the campaign, other social issues may play an important role. >> there's some strong incentives for the parties to...
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the plot -- obama's diplomacy with iran." thank you for joining us. how would you characterize the relationship between the united states and iran? >> it is an institutionalized committee. >> what does that mean? >> the enmity, the institutionalized part is that we have seen over the last three decades big portions within both governments that have created a self interest in retaining that amity. careers that have been advanced through deepening this amity. this is not something that can easily be broken up. there are too many people on both sides in both countries benefiting from the continuation of amity. >> are we talking about antagonize meant between the two? >> we have some limited pockets in which the two have managed to collaborate but nothing that has been able to turn the strategic dynamic of their relationship around into something more positive. both parties continue to see how they can undermine each other. i'm of the view that the obama administration had a very genuine effort in the first year of the presidency
the plot -- obama's diplomacy with iran." thank you for joining us. how would you characterize the relationship between the united states and iran? >> it is an institutionalized committee. >> what does that mean? >> the enmity, the institutionalized part is that we have seen over the last three decades big portions within both governments that have created a self interest in retaining that amity. careers that have been advanced through deepening this amity. this is not...
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that is why barack obama got a lot of swing votes in 2008. democrats figured out finally that they could not be a national party without winning read state america. i do not think the republican party has figured that out yet. if we lose maine and some other states, i think a lot more republicans are going to start speaking out against the more extreme elements out there. if that takes place it is going to happen because conservatives tried to hang their hat on the social issues and that is where they lost it. you would agree or disagree? >> a month ago i would have disagreed. today i do agree 100%. this past month has been the worst month for the republican party since august of 1974 when richard nixon resigned, and i mean that you're a good -- i mean that. we have allowed us to be a party defined by contraceptives. we are debating survey that should have been close in 1965. you have saying contraception is bad and he is going to use his presidential platform to speak out against it. you have the front runner talking about how jfk made him w
that is why barack obama got a lot of swing votes in 2008. democrats figured out finally that they could not be a national party without winning read state america. i do not think the republican party has figured that out yet. if we lose maine and some other states, i think a lot more republicans are going to start speaking out against the more extreme elements out there. if that takes place it is going to happen because conservatives tried to hang their hat on the social issues and that is...
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obama definitely has an enthusiasm gap on the left. mr. romney, his speech was more aspiration of and anything else. mr. obama clearly has an enthusiasm gap on the left. and mr. romney has and enthusiasm back on the right. they both have an enthusiasm back on both sides. what gives? how is that going to play out? >> i think you are basically right. you could add one more point to it, which is that groups at the core of the modern coalition, what i called the coalition of the desceant, minorities, young people, ana college educated whites, they are among those being hit absolutely hardest by the recession. obama and need to those groups should turn out that have suffered in the last few years. as you point out, the most conservative elements of the republican party are dubious of romney. generally speaking, both campaigns are relying heavily on the concern about the party to generate a a turnout. what i would mean for the environment, spending on social programs and health care -- what that would mean for the environment, spending on social
obama definitely has an enthusiasm gap on the left. mr. romney, his speech was more aspiration of and anything else. mr. obama clearly has an enthusiasm gap on the left. and mr. romney has and enthusiasm back on the right. they both have an enthusiasm back on both sides. what gives? how is that going to play out? >> i think you are basically right. you could add one more point to it, which is that groups at the core of the modern coalition, what i called the coalition of the desceant,...
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president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days ago saying a record 24 million, 24 million latinos are eligible to vote. >> right. >> but their turnout rate has consistently lagged behind whites and blacks. >> not that much. the latino decision polls are usually very accurate because they're polling specifically latino voters, registered voters and the unthus see amp level was very low. in the last poll it had increased to 82%. >> that's understandable. >> romney? >> no, we're getting a little bit closer to the election. people are paying more attention to the election. when you see the polls and try to understand why the numbers are so
president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days...